tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863414063591193583.post1535482065439938530..comments2023-09-15T15:26:50.833+01:00Comments on Standing Stone's Blog: Stop The UWE Arms FairStanding Stonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14969250460264507629noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2863414063591193583.post-74793223354446243312013-11-20T09:05:50.374+00:002013-11-20T09:05:50.374+00:00I have no intention to stir up trouble but I feel ... I have no intention to stir up trouble but I feel your argument is highly opinionated and those opinions are trying to be passed off as facts.<br /><br />It's a dark truth to say that war is nature's solution to an ever growing population and that the UK "arms dealing" as you have so put it is an income that sacrificing woud only worsen the blow to the poor of our nation.<br /><br />We are a small island with a limit to export profit. We're selling weapons to other countries and that's not exactly right, true, though we sell our weapons to the military and police forces of those countries so that they might ensure the safety of their people as we do our own.<br /> <br />Admitedly the world is far from perfect but ask yourself this, will us ending gun sales really make a difference? The fact of life is that there is war, there will always be war until we learn to live together or nuke one another, the latter seeming the more likely. <br /><br />If we sell weapons to a country, we know what weapons they have, what they can do and what to expect. We also know that as long as they are buying ours they have no need to build their own. Its a simple mater of "better the devil you know". Its not right but its all we have. <br /><br />As for selling to both sides, a war is an arms race, an arms race is won by the ones with the better weapons. So to bring it to a halt we give them the same. We're not profiting from prolonging the war but we are leaving no advantage to either side and without advantage there is no value in fighting. <br /><br />The truth is, the way we are heading in life Einstein will soon be proven right by his quote - "I know not with what weapons world war III shall be fought but world war IV shall be fought with sticks and stones."<br />Hence, if you really want to make a difference don't stop the weapons, stop the war because while war is still around, weapons will be bought and sold by someone, if not us then someone who may not be building them quite so "Humanely" and I use that term loosely. <br /><br />I don't support the war but the troops and their families when the option is lost and the need is born yet I will always trust in NATO to bring them home.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com